believing

Example Sentences

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Hypernormalization — the condition in which the gap between official and lived reality becomes so vast that people simply stop believing anything is true — guts civic life and society from the inside.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

“It didn’t matter. She couldn’t stop believing it.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Tanvi Madan, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said India has been careful not to engage in a tit-for-tat with Trump, including over tariffs, believing its long-term interests were served by strong US ties.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Seeing that Carano was in a bad place, Rousey pitched the idea of a fight between the pair to the UFC in 2024 believing it would be beneficial to them both.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Some of the men were dangerously close to believing they would never get out of the ice at all.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong